'70 Boss 302 untouched promo. Note blacked out rear tail light panel, '69 wheels & 1970 body stripe (way off on rear quarter). This car was painted a not standard color with a non standard colored interior. This was a common practice to "create contrast" when the photo was printed in black & white. (Much cheaper to print)

Another example of independent tail light bezels. The blue HiPo fastback and the yellow vert were used often in promotional ads for 1966.

A closer look at the HiPo fastback rear panel. Also note the pop open gas cap with the "Ford Mustang" around the cap itself, not on it. This is another example of black and white vs color as you will note upon closer inspection of the color photo that the interior of this car is blue with white appointments. The B&W photo makes it appear white. This was also done to "show contrast" when printed.

Photo # 2 is still a question. It is labeled "prop". If you look closely you can see the Shelby hood scoop and LeMans stripes on the hood, roof and trunk. The car also has a painted MUSTANG GT on the top of the left fender.

JPhil wrote:Photo # 2 is still a question. It is labeled "prop". If you look closely you can see the Shelby hood scoop and LeMans stripes on the hood, roof and trunk. The car also has a painted MUSTANG GT on the top of the left fender.

Snoopy, 5S127, was owned and raced by the late Walter Walls, a very nice guy. Remember the convention in Portland 25 years ago,when Walter and I were standing talking and checking the judging of 65's when a guy came up to us and said he had some 65 Shelby parts including a tach. Walter was missing his correct tach as it had gone faulty when he just bought the car in 65 and Shelby sent a 66 tach which Walter put into his car. Walter almost peed in his pants when he asked the guy if he could buy the tach and have him send it to him. The guy said yes but he had the tach in his truck in the parking lot. Walter asked how much and the guy said $200. Walter bought it on the spot. Texas Swede

Texas Swede wrote:Snoopy, 5S127, was owned and raced by the late Walter Walls, a very nice guy. Remember the convention in Portland 25 years ago,when Walter and I were standing talking and checking the judging of 65's when a guy came up to us and said he had some 65 Shelby parts including a tach. Walter was missing his correct tach as it had gone faulty when he just bought the car in 65 and Shelby sent a 66 tach which Walter put into his car. Walter almost peed in his pants when he asked the guy if he could buy the tach and have him send it to him. The guy said yes but he had the tach in his truck in the parking lot. Walter asked how much and the guy said $200. Walter bought it on the spot. Texas Swede

Great story...seems SHELBY parts were kind of pricey even a long time ago.

There was a massive spike in Cobra & Shelby prices in the 1980's, primarily due to Japanese millionaires getting into collecting those cars with seemingly unlimited funding. The boom crashed and it's taken 35 years to reach those levels again.